Periga herbini

Periga herbini
purr-EE-guhmHER-bihn-eye
Lemaire, 2002

Periga extensiva/herbini, Misahualli, Napo, Ecuador,
450m, February 2007, courtesy of Leroy Simon.

Because the Leroy Simon specimen (above) was taken at elevation of 450m, I think it may more likely be Periga herbini than P. extensiva. Lemaire indicates the two species are almost indistinguishable, except by examination of genitalia, and that P. herbini flies at lower elevation, but the number of specimens on record is very small.


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